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tea swap, anyone?

organising a tea swap has been on my list forever… i really like discovering new teas, and am always on the look out for new flavours. i like almost all tastes, except maybe strong green teas… and i’m not even so sure about that, since i recently discovered that i quite like matcha. i’m definitely open to surprises!

lately i’ve been collecting them, setting some aside for the purpose of swapping. so, how’s up for some tea exchange? i’ll send you some, you send me some, everyone is happy! :) nothing fancy, just some sachets or loose tea that you like or find interesting. leave a comment below, if you’re up to it! i think i can take up to 5 people, all places full now! don’t worry, if all goes well, i’m up for a second edition!

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foooood in germany

mogu mogu taiyaki

finally! after months on the prowl, we’ve tasted the elusive taiyaki! we’d been looking for this particular stall of fish-shaped cakes on the street markets for such a long time that i’d already given up hope of ever catching them… and then on a cloudy sunday, in the middle of nowkolln’s flohmarkt, there they were!


we couldn’t resist the red bean one… it was a good choice. the taste was so familiar and yet so hidden in the back of my mind… it was like being swept by this wave of asia-longing! can’t believe i used to get annoyed when i mistaked red bean for chocolate on croissants, and now look at me, reminiscing of it… *sigh*

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in germany

roller derby!

yesterday we saw the berlin bombshells playing in a roller derby match – our first ever! i wasn’t sure i would like it, since sport events can be rather dull to watch, but i ended up having a blast! the game is fast, and the girls are so fierce!

it took me a while to grasp the idea, but by the end i was already appreciating their tactics and cunning moves. to me, it’s certainly more enjoyable to see than football or other sports played in big fields, which often have boring stretches of time when nothing happens. roller derby on the other hand has a bit of everything: action, lots of speed, cool pseudonyms, spectacular falls and girls roller skating in colorful uniforms! :D
and since “watching a sport event live” was another item on the list, it’s now 23% done! :)

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in germany

be honest to yourself


berlin street art wisdom!

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foooood in france

what we ate in paris

we love holidays because they are like cheat season chez nous… we eat what we want, when we want it, in order to fully appreciate the experience. paris was no exception… i even had a list prepared! here are the highlights of our 4 days:

crêpes de sarrasin, from the street. these had cheese, ham, mushrooms and egg, and were a steamy and deliciously stringy mess.


we had to try the croissants! they were ok, but my heart is loyal to their much fluffier portuguese version. the boy loves palmiers, so we gave those a shot too :)

ah… the croissants aux amandes are much more my style – oh the crème! and we tried the macarons, of course. we picked up some from ladurée, in their mini-version, and ate them in park nearby. they were surprisingly nice, and the small size was just right.


more galletes de sarrasin! we were staying in montparnasse, so we indulged in these quite a bit. with bacon and eggs, and with honey and goat cheese… mmm…


random sweets: tarte au citron and éclair!


oh, the omnipresent baguette! the french might not use the beret anymore, but true to stereotype, the ratio of baguettes/person is still surprisingly high. and rightly so, since they are heavenly. we treated ourselves to one every morning, slathered on with divine salty butter.


more baguettes with jam and cheeeeese! we had this cheese platter at the café des 2 moulins, while watching asian tourists smiling for the photo and cracking their tiny bowl of super-expensive crème brûlée.


ah! les escargots! my dad had delighted me with tales of snails from his years in france. so we went ahead and tried them too. and they were delicious, and tasted nothing like i thought they would. :) and we also tried fondue (finally!) and it was good as well.


one of the dinners was at breakfast in america, because by then we were feeling like less gourmet, more comfort food. and what better than a egg-filled burrito to satiate our hunger? :)


i’ve saved berthillon’s ice-cream for last. i wasn’t prepared for discovering this ice-cream, fully convinced no ice-cream could top our beloved vanille marille… boy, was i wrong. this… this was… magnificent. i have no words, and while i was eating it, i was delighted and furious at the same time. how dare they make this… this impossibly good ice-cream so far away from where we live?! oh the injustice!